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This lightning deal too ran out of juice (aka expired)…
Live inside the Gold Box lightning deals until 6:45pm ET you can get the new condition Dolica GX600B200 Proline GX Series 60-Inch Aluminum Tripod and Ball Head Combo for $36 with free shipping and handling. The price before the sale was $50 when I posted the Friday lightning deals…
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This lightning deal expired but now we have a pattern we this DSLR backpack has now been at $10-ish twice in the lightning deals…
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We mentioned this offer in late February and as of this recheck, it’s either still good or it has returned…
It’s the softer side of Walmart! The new condition Canon PIXMA MG2522 All-in-One Inkjet Printer is on sale for $20 in the white color scheme. Limit up to ten printers per customer at the sale price. Free 2-day shipping with orders of $35+ or free store pickup where available/possible. Walmart no longer has a Prime-like service, so everyone gets free 2-day shipping with $35+ orders of eligible items (not everything). This printer is eligible if it is part of a $35+ order (eg two printers). No coupon, no rebate, just add to cart and proceed to checkout.
If you are feeling Kodak nostalgic and need an Android smartphone as well, B&H Photo is offering the new condition Kodak EKTRA 32GB Smartphone (Unlocked, Black) for $120 with free shipping and TWO free accessories: a Kodak leather case for the camera phone and a Kodak remote shutter release.
The phone has a 5″ FHD (1920 x 1080) display with 3GB RAM, the Helio X10 ten core processor, 32GB storage, USB-C, NFC (so you can pay with your cameraphone too), 21mp f2 OIS lens, and a DSLR Dial simulated on the touchscreen using vibrations.
You get a GoPro! You get a GoPro! Repeat four more times! B&H Photo is offering the GoPro Omni (All Inclusive) spherical rig which includes six GoPRO HERO4 Black Cameras, along with the Omni rig and a variety of accessories necessary to configure it as a six-camera critter.
The Samyang 35mm f1.4 FE autofocus lens for the Sony E system is on sale for $699 with free shipping at B&H Photo where it headlines a sale of a trio of Samyang lenses for a limited time. The other two Sony E Samyang lenses on sale, also found at the same link, are:
+ 8mm f2.8 fisheye II for $259
+ 85mm f1.4 IF for $249
+ only the 35/1.5 is autofocus; the two above are manual focus;
Speaking of the Sony E-system, B&H also has a sale on the SLR Magic Cine 35mm f/1.2 FE for $299 with free expedited shipping and 2% promotional rewards (about $6 to spend in the future at B&H)…
If you are not afraid of mail-in rebates and prepaid AMEX gift cards, B&H Photo is back with another Canon 5D Mark IV mail-in rebate offer. You pay $3599 at checkout, and for that you receive the Canon 5D Mark IV body only, the Pixma PRO 100 printer, a 50pk of 13×19″ photo paper (aka “the trusty sidekick” of the printer), an extra Canon LP-E6N battery, and a 64GB Sandisk Extreme PRO SDXC memory card. Then following the instructions and deadlines you submit the mail-in rebates and a few weeks later, if all is well, you receive a $350 prepaid AMEX gift card mail-in rebate, making this an $3249 after $350 MIR offer.
The mirrorless system also brought with them a new generation of lens manufacturers such as 7artisans. I don’t know if these lenses are made by exactly seven optical artisans or they are made for photographic artisans, but the 7artisans Photoelectric 35mm f2 lens is currently on sale for $135 with free expedited shipping in the Fuji X system at B&H Photo, while the Sony E version goes for $145…
Keeping it real with manual focusing, the Rokinon 14mm f2.8 IF ED UMC lens is on sale for a limited time for $279 to $289 in various systems (Pentax K, Sony A and E, Fuji X, Canon EF, and Olympus Four Thirds DSLR system). Meanwhile the chipped models (with “AE chip”; the lenses are fine, they don’t have things broken off “chipped”) go for $329 in Nikon and $379 in Canon, all these at B&H Photo… Some of these options also earn 2% promotional rewards…
Pixel-peep ergonomically with the Mount-It Sit and Stand desk mounts on sale for a week at Adorama. Various options are available. The price you see is the price you pay; no coupon, no rebate. Prices range from $136 to $303 with six options available.
Speaking of Adorama, their lens madness sale continues with over 600 options. This is a mix of sales and manufacturer-initiated instant-savings and mail-in-rebate promotions.
We have a product recall alert! Amazon is recalling over a quarter million AmazonBasics PowerBanks because of a fire risk. The recall says that consumers should stop using them and return them for a FULL REFUND! The specific models affected by this are: B00LRK8EVO, B00LRK8HJ8, B00LRK8I7O, B00LRK8IV0, B00LRK8JDC, and B00ZQ4JQAA. Search for these in your orders or email confirmations of orders if you are not certain if you purchased them or not.
Already Amazon has setup a website that automates the return of the affected products. More details via Consumer Reports…
Powerbanks take longer to charge, so they are more likely to be left unattended, thus increasing the risk. It’s one thing to babysit a phone charging in a couple of hours, but something that may need 5-8 hours to fully charge is likely to happen overnight or when you are away from the charging area…
On the AA rechargeables front, Amazon is offering an 8pk of pre-charged AmazonBasics AAs for the very specific price of $12.20. This is not a lightning deal. You can buy as many as you like. They are also available through “Subscribe and Save”. Their stated capacity is 2000 mAh with minimum 1900 mAh. They are made in Japan and can recharge up to a theoretical 1000 times.
If you are close to $25 to get free shipping, check the $5 Gadget posts for a variety of random ideas 🙂
If your creative endeavors intersect with scrapbooking or at least printing on sticker paper, at the moment Amazon itself is offering 12-packs of 8.5×11″ Cricut 2002530 Printable Sticker Paper for Scrapbooking for $4.46. It is an Add-ON item, so you must place a $25+ order otherwise the shopping cart won’t let you buy it. You can however buy as many of these as you like, so you can get to $25+ with six of these.
Or you can check our previous $5 Gadget posts for other ideas on items that will help you climb over $25…
We have a new experimental segment (please let us know if you like it or not; your feedback helps shape a lot of what we do and what we don’t do at this blog), the “Best Price Now” segment. This focuses on items that are more of the consumable kind and don’t have big discounts on a regular basis.
If you happen to want/need the 64GB Sandisk Extreme PRO Class 10 UHS-I U3 V30 SDXC memory card, the best price right now is for $36 with free shipping at Adorama.
In terms of GB/$, among this line, which ranges from 16GB to 512GB, the “winner” is the 256GB model going for the very specific price of $125.57 by Amazon itself (it looks like the price-bot price-matching got Amazon to have this price).
If you want to max out on available storage option, the 512GB card goes for $287.55 with free shipping at Adorama.
If your camera does not support UHS-II, then you can get a better bang for the buck and possibly better performance with UHS-I. Check the interwebs and forums for specific cameras + specific card combos as theoretical and real-world performance are not always walking hand in hand into the sunset 🙂
As of a 3/21/18 recheck, the VG-XT1 battery grip is up to $200…
This sale ended but CreativeLIVE has sales on a regular basis…
Running until Friday night 3/16/18, CreativeLIVE has a sale of up to 60% off on select Portrait and Wedding classes. The price you see is the price you pay, there is no coupon code. The sale includes classes from Lindsay Adler, Chris Knight, Jasmine Star, Sal Cincotta, Scott Robert Lim, Sue Bruce, Matt Hill, Bambi Cantrell, and more. Each sub-category over there expands horizontally with the arrows showing more options. This includes “Bootcamp” and “Complete” type of classes as well!
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These expired BUT for more action, check the B&H Featured Sales…
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These offers eggspired… Check back on Thursday’s for more QVC-style coupons from Nuevo Huevo…
These offers ended but for more Gold Box posts here, follow the Yellow Brick Road of Gold-Box tagged posts…
This lightning deal expired but this brand is appearing on a semi-recurring basis in the Gold Box, so it may return in the future again…
These lightning deals expired…
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If you don’t want to put all your storage eggs into one basket, and you like the idea of 1TB external hard drives, the new condition 1TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 (model STEA1000400) is currently on sale for $46 with free shipping by Amazon itself. You can buy as may as you want. This is not a lightning deal.
On the budget side of lighting, Amazon itself is offering the 16-pack of Philips LED A19 light bulbs, frosted, 60W equivalent (8.5W actual), 800 lumens, 2700 Kelvin, Soft White, with E26 base for the very specific price of $21.60. Free shipping for Prime members or with a $25+ order [check $5 gadget posts for ideas if you want to climb over $25]. Limit up to six 16-packs per customer. This is not a lightning deal.
A late bird update of the Stock Status Tracker has good news for fans of the Panasonic G9! If you are a fan of used, there is one “Used – Demo” condition listing at Adorama for $1499 plus shipping. This is shown under the “Buy for as low as $1499.00 in Used” in small print on their website. I can’t find them by searching their USED department. IF/when they sell out, you will no longer see the used option. Annotated screenshot below:
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